Cost included with following services:
Fee: Upper Mustang special permit,
National Park entrance permit & TIMS card
Activities: Sightseeing & trekking trip
as per itinerary.
Equipment: All necessary camping
equipments, kitchen utilize and sleeping bag if
necessary
Accommodation: 3 nights hotel in
Kathmandu, 2 night hotel in Pokhara and 12
nights lodges during trekking
Food: Full board on
teahouse [Breakfast, lunch and
dinner] during the trekking and
5 breakfasts and one farewell
Dinner in Kathmandu.
Staffs: Group
Leader/Guide and necessary
supporter
Transportation:
Arrival/Departure transfer and
surface road-head transportation
by land transportation and
Jomsom – Pokhara air
transportation.
Company & Government’s
service charge: All
applicable Government taxes &
official service charges. And
Crew’s, daily wages/salary,
food, equipment, air and
road-head transportation
Cost excluded with following services:
- International flight,
departure taxes
- Travel insurance covering with
emergency Helicopter rescue
- Personal equipment
- Hiring horse
- Lunch & Dinner while in City
- Bar bills & Beverages
- Tips/Gratuities for trekking
crews
- Temple and Monastery entrance
fee while sightseeing in city
- Optional activities
- And unforeseen expenses which
are out of control by Nepal
Adventure Point
Detail Itinerary
DAY 01: Upon arrival at
Tribhuwan international airport,
welcomed by our representative
and transfer to hotel. The
remainder of the afternoon is at
leisure. A pre-trek briefing
will be given in the evening at
hotel about the daily program
activities by your Group
Leader/Guide.
DAY 02: After breakfast the
day will start with a guided
tour of Kathmandu's historical
and spiritual key attractions;
including the historic Kathmndu
Durbar Square, the famous
'Monkey Temple' (Swayambunath)
and then finally visit to Patan
Durbar square which is situated
the heart of the city
constitutes the focus of
visitor's attraction. In the
evening there will be pre-trip
discussion where you can meet
your group leader/guide then you
can ask any questions you may
have.
DAY 03: This morning you
will drive to Pokhara (200km)
the road mostly follows the
River Trisuli and Marshyangdi,
depart 7:00 AM in the morning,
approximately 6-hrs way by
tourist bus and 5-hrs drive by
private transport. Along the
drive you will enjoy beautiful
scenery. You will arrive late
afternoon at Pokhara with enough
time to enjoy the colorful town
of Pokhara.
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DAY 04: We fly to Jomsom.
From Jomsom follow the Kali
Gandaki River route forward to
Eklebhatti and reach Kagbeni.
From Kagbeni the route meets the
junction where the trail splits
for Muktinath, the pilgrimage
temple and for Upper Mustang
(Lo-Manthang). Kagbeni is a
delightful village on the edge
of the Mustang restricted area;
it’s a hive of activity for
donkey and yak caravans coming
and going to and from mustang
and for pilgrims taking a rest
on route to Mukthinath. In
Kagbeni, you can easily spend a
few hours wondering around
taking in this lovely village.
DAY 05: From Kagbeni you
enter the restricted area of
Upper Mustang. The trail makes
several ups and downs to arrive
at Tangbe village (3060m).
Walking further and descending
you will reach to Chhuksang
village (2980m) where you will
see many beautiful white washed
houses and agriculture fields.
From Chhuksang making more ups
and downs along the Kali Gandaki
River you will get to Chele
village.
DAY 06: From Chele the
trail climbs up to the Chele-La
(3630m). After crossing the
ridge from Chele-La the trail
enters a large sided valley and
descends to Samar (3620m) where
you will have views of the
distant Annapurna Himal
dominated by Nil Giri. The trail
climbs up to the Bhena-La
(3830m) and to Bhena (3860m).
Climbing to another pass, the
Yamdo-La (4010m), you will
descend steeply following a
ridge to Shyangmochen (3800m).
From Shyangmochen you descend to
the picturesque village of
Geling, spend some time here
soaking up the village
atmosphere.
DAY 07: Turning west from
Geling, climbing gently through
the fields, passing below Tama
Gaon and turning north you will
reach Nyi-La (4020m). The trail
then drops steeply to Ghemi
(3510m), a large village
surrounded by many fields busy
with the activity of the local
people working this arid
landscape. From Ghemi the trail
first descends and then climbs a
rocky path to Choya-La (3870m).
Making a gentle descent the
trail reaches to Tsarang.
DAY 08: The trail
descends about 100 meters down
from Tsarang, crosses the
Tsarang–Chu and climbs steeply
up a rocky trail to a cairn on a
ridge and continues to climbs
gently to a large isolated
Chorten, then crosses a stream
and reaches the Lo-La (3950m)
where you will see the view of
the walled city of Lo-Manthang.
Descending for some time the
trail crosses a stream and
climbs up to Lo-Manthang where
you will see the school, health
post, and police check post and
several important chortens.
DAY 09: This day will be
spent in this mystical and
isolated city. There are four
major places and several other
places like the Tall Champa
Lakhang "God house", the red
Thugchen Gompa, Chyodi Gompa and
the Entrance Hall which are the
main attractions of this town.
Another attraction is the
four–story building of the
Raja's Palace as well as the
surrounding panoramic views of
the Himalayas. Having seen one,
you are excited to see the
others. Besides Lo-Manthang
there are two other interesting
valleys worth visiting. The
western valley Tingkar, the
sight of Raja's summer palace,
Kimling and Phuwa as well as the
Gompa of Namgyals "The Monastery
of Victory " is the newest and
most active Gompa in Lo. The
eastern valley contains Chosar,
the site of a High School,
Garphu and Nyphu Gompa and is
the main trading route to Lhasa.
DAY 10: From Lo-Manthang
the trail climbs steadily
offering a last glimpse of Lo-Manthang.
The trail climbs a ridge at
4070m and continues climbing to
the Chogo-La (4325m), the
highest point on the trek. The
trail makes a short, steep
descent and crosses the Chharang
River, then climbs to Lo-Geker
and reaches to Ghar Gompa a
small monastery.
DAY 11-12: Lo-Gekar trek
to Ghami and Shyangbochen: The
trail descends passing the stone
walls and fields of Dhakmar,
then climbs to a ridge and
descends to the lower part of
Ghemi and further descending you
will reach to Jaite (3820m) and
descend again gently to
Chhung-Kah. The trail then
reaches to Tama Gaon (3710m) and
continues descending to
Shyangmochen.
DAY 13: After break fast
we walk down to Chele after
lunch we continue trek the
village of Tetang. Tetang
village is formed between 2
hills; they should have found it
a safe place to avoid the strong
wind that hits the entire
Kaligandaki valley. Tetang is
the upper village of the
Chuksang, which we visit on the
first day entering to Mustang
from Kagbeni. From Tetang
village it takes one day to go
to Jomsom and a day to arrive to
Muktinath.We re-track back to
Chele (3050m) for the overnight
stop after 5 hrs walk. You will
have wonderful scenery during
the journey with a Himalayan
view. Enjoy your trip and
overnight at camp.
DAY 14: From Tetang
village the trail climbs till
the Gnyu Pass, which take around
3 an half hours. The entire
route provides a fine panorama
of the Himalayan range and green
valley with many kinds of
Himalayan flowers. From Gnyu
Pass you can see the whole
Muktinath area in a distance of
2 hours gentle walk. The Name of
the Muktinath (God of salvation)
is name of a Hindu’s god.
Muktinath is a holy place for
all the devotees. Every year
thousands of devotees from
Nepal, India and Tibet come to
visit this place for the
salvation and purification of
their belief. History tells that
many Kings of Asia visited the
place for meditation and
salvation. Muktinath is
decorated by Mt. Nilgiri and Mt.
Tilicho to the southeast,
Daulagiri to the southwest and
Thorang peak and Yakawa Kang to
the north. It is one of the most
important religious centers of
both Hindus and Buddhist. For
Hindus, beside the Holy water,
the importance of the Muktinath
is in the belief that the
incarnation of Lord Vishnu is in
the form of Saligrams. Saligram
are found in the water of
Kaligandaki River, just a few
hours walk from Muktinath.
DAY 15: This is the last
day of the trek. The trail goes
through the village of Jharkot
where one can visit the Jharkot
monastery, Tibetan herbal
medical center and the old
fortress of Jharkot, once served
as palace. Continuing the trek
toward Jomsom one will enjoy the
view of the Kaligandaki valley
and Kagbeni village the entry
point to Mustang. We get a round
trip of our trek in Ekle Bhatti
visiting all the surprises of
the human effort in this corner
of the World of such an
isolation and solitude. Arrive
to Jomsom, celebrate the last
day of the trek will in Jomsom
with all the trekking staffs.
DAY 16: Jomsom we fly to
Pokhara and transfer to your
hotel in Pokhara. The trekking
staffs except the guide will
trek down till Pokhara and drive
or fly to Kathmandu, which will
take 4 days.
DAY 17: After breakfast,
drive to Kathmandu by tourist
bus. Along the way you can enjoy
with good scenery views. You'll
be arriving at Kathmandu late
afternoon then you have free
afternoon to be fresh up;
evening we comment about the
trip and celebrate farewell
dinner together at Nepalese
Typical Restaurant you have free
time for shopping.
DAY 18: After breakfast
you will have some free time
until the time to leave the
international airport for your
final departure.
Optional itinerary to Mustang
circuit
DAY 10: From Lo-Manthang the
trail walks straight till Dhi
passes (4100m), and then
descends down to Dhi village.
The trek from Lo-Manthang to
Muktinath is harder, but more
rewarding and interesting than
the west side of the valley. Dhi
village is one of the best
villages of whole Lomathang and
it seems more prosperous and it
is settled in a very suitable
place.
DAY 11: From Dhi, if we
have energy enough you can go to
the Luri Gompa via Yara and
Ghara villages. Its takes
6/7-hrs climbs up and down to
Dhi. One can go even on
horseback. Luri Gompa is located
above the villages of Yara and
Ghara, Luri Gompa sits high
above the crumbling landscape
like an eagle's nest. It is some
of the last cave monasteries in
Lo and Tibet. No written record
exists for the construction of
Luri Gompa. Luri Gompa and some
other monasteries are affiliated
with the Kagyu sect (one of the
sect of Buddhism). The style of
painting suggests they were done
by Nepalese (Newari) artists
working for Tibetan patrons. The
cave temple dates from the 13th
- 14th century. The central
chamber of the Gompa is carved
out of the rock creating a domed
ceiling on which are painted a
series of Mahasiddha, Sakyamuni
Buddha and Chenrezig figures
etc, which are the true
masterpieces. Lining the walls
are series of 14th century
paintings, which depict India
Mahasiddahs. Some are real
individual and other mythical.
DAY 12: From Dhi the
trail goes through the river for
around 2 hours and crosses a
river from Damodar Kunda, one of
the sacred lakes, there are no
bridge on the river and need to
deep the bare feet in the water
to cross this river. After
crossing the river the trail
climbs up till high above a pass
of (3850m). The trail goes
through a grassless, treeless
bare hill. After the pass the
trail again drops directly to
Tange village at an elevation of
(3370m).Tange is a small village
of around 30 houses but most of
the houses are attached each
other. On the rooftops one can
see piles of dry woods, which
also reflect the prosperity in
their society.
DAY 13: The trek begins
with a fine trail for around one
hour and crosses a river without
bridge. After crossing the river
the trail climbs high up till
the Chacho-La pass. From Chacho-La
pass one can enjoy a wide range
of mountains including
Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri, Tukche
peak, Tilicho Peak and Thorang
peak etc. On this elevation one
can enjoy also many varieties of
flowers and blue ship etc. After
the pass the trail descends to
Pa Khola. From Pa the trail
walks mostly straight with minor
climbing and descends to the
village of Tetang. The trail
walks through a steep ridge of
hill providing some fine views
of wind carved hills. Continuing
the trek you can see the village
of Tetang. Tetang village is
formed between 2 hills; they
should have found it a safe
place to avoid the strong wind
that hits the entire Kaligandaki
valley. Tetang is the upper
village of the Chuksang, which
we visit on the first day
entering to Mustang from Kagbeni.
From Tetang village it takes one
day to go to Jomsom and a day to
arrive to Muktinath. |
